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• the invention relates to a new method of preparing known and new N-oxo-tetrahydro- ⁇ -carbolines.
• alkaloids of the tetrahydro- ⁇ -carboline type for example, yohimbine, vincamine and corynantheine, have interesting pharmacological properties (ref. 1).
• eudistamins tetrahydro-N-oxocarboline compounds
• eudistamins show a strong antiviral activity with respect to Simplex- and polio virus (ref. 2); in addition they have an antitumour activity (ref. 3).
• eudistamins have been isolated in very small quantities from biological material (ref. 2) and have been obtained via a total synthesis in a very low yield (ref. 4).
• n has the value 0, 1 or 2
• R 2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or acyl
• R 3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or alkoxycarbonyl, or a phenyl group optionally substituted with a group R 1 , and
• groups having 1-4 C-atoms are denoted by alkyl or alkoxy, alkylthio, lower alkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio.
• Group Z in the starting compounds of formula 2 for the intramolecular cyclisation reaction according to the invention is a group which is capable of performing a double electrophilic attack on both the aliphatic nitrogen atom and the carbon atom of the indole ring.
• it relates notably to aldehyde groups and acetal groups and on the other hand to ester groups.
• the so-called Pictet-Spengler cyclisation occurs under the influence of an acid catalyst, for example, trifluoroacetic acid.
• a reductor for example, diisobutyl aluminum hydride (DIBAL) is also used to generate the required level of oxidation at the C-atom of the group Z.
• DIBAL diisobutyl aluminum hydride
• the starting compounds of formula 2 can be obtained by reaction of a compound of formula 3 ##STR5## with a compound of formula 4 ##STR6## in which formulae R 1 , n, R 2 , R 3 , A and Z have the above-mentioned meanings, and X is a so-called leaving group, preferably halogen or a sulphonate group.
• the compounds of formula 4 can be obtained in a manner known for the preparation of this type of compounds.
• Examples of good protecting groups for the nitrogen atom are acyl or alkoxycarbonyl, for example, trichloroethoxycarbonyl or 2-(trimethylsilyl) ethoxycarbonyl.
• the protecting group may be removed in a manner known per se, for example, as described in (ref. 6).
• the compounds of formula 1 are new compounds with the exception of a number of eudistamin derivatives of formula 5 ##STR7## wherein a) m and n are 0, and R 4 is hydrogen or tert.butoxycarbonyl (Boc), or
• n 1, m is 0 or 1, R 1 is 11--Br and R 4 is hydrogen or acetyl, or
• n 1, m is 0, R 1 is 10--Br and R 4 is hydrogen or Boc, or
• the process according to the invention is particularly suitable for the stereo-selective total synthesis of both new and known eudistamin derivatives.
• the processes used so far (ref. 4) are characterised by an inversion of the sequence in which the functional groups in compounds of the formulae 3 and 4 are coupled to each other.
• this results in complete racemisation at carbon atom C-1 in the first reaction step (i.e. an intermolecular Pictet-Spengler reaction), and/or gives extremely low yields in the second step (i.e. formation of a thermodynamically unfavourable 7-membered ring).
• a further aspect of the invention is a new method for the preparation of eudistamins wherein R 4 is hydrogen starting with the corresponding compound wherein R 4 is Boc.
• the known method (ref. 4) with a strong acid (trifluoroacetic acid, TFA) is very inefficient and results in extensive degradation of the desired product.
• TFA trifluoroacetic acid
• the invention also relates to the new compounds of formula 1 and the salts thereof.
• the invention relates to the various diastereo isomers and enantiomers, and to (racemic) mixtures thereof.
• Compounds having formula 1 have interesting farmacological properties. Similar to some known eudistomins also the new compounds having formula 5 have strong antiviral and antitumour activity. It has surprisingly been found that compounds nos. 63 and 67 have a very broad spectrum of antiviral activity in 22 antiviral test models. This is unique in comparison with known antiviral agents, such as for example acyclofur, ribavirin and other nucleoside analogs. Moreover, new compound no. 67 has been found to have at least ten times higher potency in comparison with known compound 63, which is found in nature.
• the compounds of formula 1 and suitable salts thereof may be brought into forms suitable for administration, for example, pills, tablets, coated tablets, capsules, powders, injection liquids and the like while using techniques and auxiliary substances conventionally used for this purpose.
• TrOC trichloroethyloxycarbonyl
• DIBAL diisobutyl aluminum hydride
• Compound 47b Crystalline from EtOAc/n-hexane; melting-point 145°-147° C.
• DIBAL (1N, 3 ml) in toluene was added dropwise, while stirring, to a cooled (-70° C.) solution of compound 37 (390 mg, 1.4 mmol) in dry toluene (75 ml) under an atmosphere of argon. After stirring for 2 hours the excess of DIBAL was destroyed at -70° C. by carefully adding dropwise TFA (5 eq.) in toluene, after which the reaction mixture was poured in ice-water (100 ml). The organic layer was separated and the neutralised aqueous layer was washed twice with 100 ml of EtOAc. The combined organic layer was washed with a brine solution and dried with MgSO 4 . Evaporation of the solvent provided crystalline 48, which was purified by means of column chromatography (CHCl 3 /MeOH, 99/1). Yield 241 mg (76%) of 48, melting-point 178°-180° C.
• the antitumour activity of some eudistomin derivatives and the reference antitumour drug was assessed in an in-vitro test with high predictive power for in-vivo activity.
• the inhibition of P 388 leukemia cells colony formation was determined at several concentrations of the test compounds as described in reference 8. The activity is expressed as an ID 50 value, which indicates the dose causing 50% inhibition with respect to untreated control cells. The following data were found:
• Antiviral activity of some eudistomin derivatives was determined in a large number of in-vitro assays as described in reference 9. These tests are all based on the inhibition of virus induced cytopathogenicity. Depending upon the virus studied, different cell cultures were used. As a general rule it is accepted that a compound is considered as antivirally active when the minimal inhibition concentration (MIC-value) is at least ten-fold lower than the minimal cytotoxic concentration (MCC-value).
• MCC-value minimal cytotoxic concentration
• the results for compounds 50, 63 en 67 together with ribavirin as a standard are given in the Tables B-E. For both compound 63 and especially 67 an exceptionally wide range of activities in the 22 antiviral assays is found. New compound 67 has the additional advantage of a 10-fold higher potency as compared with known compound 63.

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